[CPEO-MEF] Rocketdyne (CA) deal (3 articles)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Agreement reached on cleanup of Field Lab
Strictest federal standards approved in state, Simi deal

By Teresa Rochester
Venutra County Star (CA)
January 16, 2008

A former rocket engine and nuclear test site south of Simi Valley will 
be cleaned to the strictest federal standards possible, following a deal 
reached between state officials and community members that was announced 
Tuesday and hailed as historic.

In reaching the agreement, the state asked the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency to wait six months before deciding whether the Santa 
Susana Field Laboratory should be listed as a Superfund cleanup site. 
The agency has heeded the request.

"There is joy today in the long-suffering community surrounding this 
very contaminated site," Dan Hirsch, director of the nuclear watchdog 
group Committee to Bridge the Gap, said during a news conference. "Today 
an agreement has been reached with the Schwarzenegger administration, 
that the strictest cleanup standards, those contained in SB990, will 
remain in force."

For the entire article, see
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/16/agreement-reached-on-cleanup-of-field-lab/



Schwarzenegger vows state control of Santa Susana Field Laboratory

By Harrison Sheppard and Kerry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles Daily News
January 16, 2008

Vowing to conduct a strict cleanup of the long-troubled Santa Susana 
Field Laboratory, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday said the state 
wants to maintain authority over the site and won't seek federal 
Superfund status for the area.

State officials said they do not believe Superfund status is needed 
because they are already negotiating with property owner Boeing Co. to 
clean up the site to the highest standards.

The decision came as the governor also backed off an earlier plan to 
weaken the standards under which the contaminated rocket lab site near 
Chatsworth will be cleaned.

...


For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_7982105




Time to study Boeing lab is sought
State is considering whether to back bid for Superfund status.

By Gregory W. Griggs
Los Angeles Times
January 16, 2008

The state's top environmental officer Tuesday asked federal officials 
for more time to decide if California should back an effort to make 
Boeing's Santa Susana Field Laboratory a Superfund cleanup site.

Linda S. Adams, secretary of the California Environmental Protection 
Agency, said the state might be better positioned to make Boeing more 
quickly remove the rocket fuel and nuclear test contamination that was 
left at the site near Simi Valley.

"We want a little more time to determine if [a Superfund] listing will 
be advantageous or not," Adams said during a conference call that 
included leaders from the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense 
Council.

"We think it's very important to partner with federal EPA but . . . we 
are concerned that [a Superfund] listing at this time might actually 
slow down the process."

...

For the entire article, see
www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-boeing16jan16,1,4469389.story?coll=la-news-environment&ctrack=3&cset=true

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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